Rating question
I’ve played GBL for about 2 years in a pretty casual setting. This is the first season I’ve really put in any actual real time investment and primarily during Master League weeks. Pardon the following word vomit but I want to give the best information and context for the situation.
I got to level 20 about 2-3 weeks ago or whenever the last Master League was open(I could be mistaken on the 2-3 weeks, it could have been longer).
I’ve played some great league and some of the random leagues in between. This week due to it being Master League again I’ve spent a decent amount of time playing. I slowly worked myself up winning 3/5 or 4/5 matches to 2050. Which in hindsight felt like 50ish matches.
This set was my first set of going 1/5, just managed to get some unfortunate match ups for two of the losses. I disconnected for a loss and then flat out misplayed costing me the 4th loss.
I was expecting maybe a 15-25 point rating drop. I dropped ~40 points from the one bad set. I believe 40 and some change.
My question is, is that common for going on a losing set? Is that the average point loss for a 2/5 / 1/5 or 0/5 set? Did I just get bad RNG and potentially get matched against someone low for the game I disconnected? I pay attention to most of the MMR I play into. The other players were all 20-50 points higher than me other than the game I can’t account for.
If that’s the case how does anyone manage to push elo in this without just wasting a miserable amount of time? You’re talking one disconnect or crash or a weird isp/provider issue and you’re set back hours of play time.
I’m not here to bitch, moan or cry. This is a genuine question as someone trying to decide if they want to continue with the time commitment.
I do have a lot of fun playing GBL. I’ve pushed to higher elo’s in several games. I understand there’s a learning curve, I get sometimes RNG can giveth and taketh. That said I don’t think I’ve ever seen another game punish that big of an elo drop for the first loss, in this case the first losing set in a while.
I’m also willing to accept maybe the game doesn’t have enough game history to have “set” my elo bracket so the loss could have been more punishing. I would assume it has a decent idea after being “placed” and then a healthy sample size of games but I admittedly lack the experience or knowledge of how PoGo GBL elo functions.
I appreciate and look forward to any feedback or suggestions.